Hopefully it’s not combined with the landlord hatred.)It sounds more like an attempt to either admit they made a mistake or have to do any work to fix their problem.  

This probably means the 1st year you are on the phone 8 hours a day 5 days a week calling people and trying to convince them to sell.  

Overall, this seems like a strong deal, but make sure to factor in potential surprises or changes in market conditions.

Or is this normal?

I’m looking into buying a rental(s) in this area.

While a western WA deal might not meet some Midwest cf metric like 1%, it will be above the market cap rate or below FMV of comparibles and give you options. 

@Shiloh Lundahl,At this point, the amount of time you're putting into this is making me laugh. 

There are also online platforms that will handle managing security deposit compliance, refunds, etc. like rentable.com

For this I’ve taken the payment amount of the second loan and included it as an additional monthly expense.

They all say they will be on the lookout for me, and they are experienced realtors.I did however get one from here, bigger pockets, and this realtor hasn't worked with investors before, butis asking me to sign a contract so I am working with them exclusively.The reason I am asking what to do, is because this realtor with the contract is very new, but I heard that most realtors will ask you to sign one if theyre serious.